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Show Salinas, California, H lb Since our last report an immense y ) ' .amount of work has been done. Tho fa two itninenso steel smokestacks an? com- 3" . - . pleted and tho scaffoldings removed I ' from tho interior. The steel frame work h ' of tho boiler houso has been finished by y . .theRrisdon Iron Works and tlie briok- :L . ' vwork has been almost completed as fur J -as tho eaves. Tho inimonso furnaces, iLtyfrnrf under tho forty-eight largo boilers are " .being rapidly bricked and the work will L booh bo commenced on finishing the ? roof. t& In tho storeroom are hugo racks filled "' ' with rubber and iron wnshers, steel. I mnta, brasca, bits and all sorts of spare I tools. In- ono corner" 'of thisTroonvn- ff1,- paco has been enclosed nnd within U p? ,' jiro Bixteen draughtsmen busy all drty v " .drawing plans, etc., under tho direction .of Mr. Schierholtz. ? The machine shop, blacksmith aud ' .carpenter shops show increased activity lu'the employees, who aro busy getting ' -outmaterial for tho factory.- r$ f : j(3oin"g across tho river, 'thefiuunenso -excavating work h still being enrnedon. 6omo10O,000 cubic feet of earth has .' .alroady been removed. On the crest o tho hill above tliis huge silo pit, Contractor Con-tractor McMahon has a foi ce of men who , , ' .aro busy with ecrapora getting ready for H . tho oxcavationa for the immense reservoir. reser-voir. This -will be lined with concrete 4ind will have a capacity of 1,300,000 gallons. Recroasing tho river several of tho arteslon wells are to be seen, tho water coming to within n few inches of the eurfaco in every ono thus far sunk. The contre of attraction, tho main building, looms up in all its granduro -as tho visitor approachos it. Tho north half, ilyo atoriea high, is up. Twelve ,,roof trusses aro in place and hero aro .J " . ' k m A thirty-eight orystalllzers in position on the third floor. Seven of the immense vats for boiling tho sugar will bo hoisted in'their place to-morrow. This portion of tho main building will ba live floors' and is 250 feet hi length. Adjoining this for 105 feot will bo the machinery portion of tho factory. There will bq one floor only. Above the 'second story level it will bo clear of obstruction to the rof. Tho south em will have three floors. It will bo 170 feet long, making a grand-total of 585 feet. In thecentreof the middle Bection workmen are busy building a large concrete foundation for the heaviest portion of tho machinery. Tho entire section has bolt rods in place for tho iTachinery. The erection of the steel work by the Itisdon Iron Works, under tho superin-ondency superin-ondency of George R, Field, Will nocea siate tho uso of upwurdof 500,000 .rivets, all of which are driven red hot. Th labors of tho revelers and"drillers are much lightened by the introduction recently by Mr. Field of a pneumatic plant for operating drills, reamers, as" also for chiving livets by means of compressed com-pressed air. The plant, which belongs to the Rrisdon Irmi Works and was installed in-stalled for handling this job'alone, oon-Biits oon-Biits of 00-horsc power boiler and one air-compressor, which, generates 300 cubic feet of air a minute, Tho men engaged in tho work are up on the iiftli floor, and some idea of tlie power of this plant can be had when it becomes known that each riveting tool and drill requires 00 cubic feet of air per minute. Tho air is compressed into a receiver, through a pressure of upward of 100 lpbd?t,4Hi'aXinak,,-lgndtk.than) conveved to tho fifth story by means of 2)t inch gas pipe. Tho steel frame will he finished insido of seventy days. Acrosp tho road from tho factory grounds can ho seen tho forty cottages erected for Mr. Sprocket's workmen, every ono of which has beef, n-'t in ad-vanncc. ad-vanncc. Carpenters, platteieis and jmYnters are at work hurrying to finish tho buildings before April 1. Thei&nre twelve difl'eient styles of architecture to be seen in the houses and somo sixteen colors. The town i laid out in streets and alleys Fronting Main or Railroad livenueis the largo three-story hotel, with its seventy room?. The second'! fl6or has rooms en suite, the thinly! single 'rooms. The plumbing work is rouglitkl in and the building enclosed,) Tliq flooring not having arrived'del.iy is, caused, Tho painting, however, has commenced under contract by Messis. G. E. Hart & Co., formerly of San Jose Lathing will bo commenced to-morrow.' There will be a sowerags system for the1 town, the ma'n pine being twenty-four,' inches iu diamoter, the smallest pipc4 four inches. Every houso will be lighted by electiicity and will have sanitaiy plumbing. Theio have been several places staked off alongside the hotel fur stores. It is expected that the town oj Spieekels will be fully in operation by, tho 1st ol May at tho latest. J "j No steps toward erecting tho maiiit oflhio have yet been taken. Index' March 0. l ' |